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UNITED STATES J. G. KAPPNER, O

F NE\V YORK, N. Y.

BILLIARD-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. G. KAPPNER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Billiard-Tables; and I `do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in whichl Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of same.

Similar letters of reference in both iigures indicate corresponding parts.

Every billiard table is furnished with one or more cups for chalk. These cups are generally secured to the under side of the cushion rail by means of a single screw and after a short time these screws become loose, and the cup drops down, causing much annoyance to the players, and a great deal of trouble to the proprietor of the billiard table.

To guard against this ditiiculty, and to secure said cups permanently to the rails of the table is the object of my improvement, which consists in the employment of a half circular guide plate which is rigidly attached to the under side of the cushion rail, and to which the arm carrying the cup is pivoted. Said arm is also furnished with a hook that catches over the inner periphery of the guide plate, thereby steadying the cup in whatever position it may be brought.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a portion of a billiard table with the cushion rail, B. Secured to the 26,112,`dated November 15, 1859.

under side of this rail is the guide plate, C, the form of which is clearly represented in Fig. 2. This plate is provided with three or more holes, a, so that itcan be readily attached to the rail, B.

D represents the cup that contains the chalk, which, as every billiard player knows, is indispensable during the time the play proceeds. An arm, E, extends from this cup to the center of the guide plate, C, and itis secured to the same by means of a pivot, Z), so that the cup, D, can be turned under vthe rail and out of the way when not used, and out into a position shown in Fig. l, when the chalk is to be used.

In order to strengthen the position of the cup I have attached to the arm, E, a hook, c, that catches over the inner periphery of the half circular guide plate, C. Vithout this hook the arm, E, would be very liable to snap, or the pivot, Z), would become loose causing the cup to hang down but with the hook the cup is always kept in the proper position, and the arm, E, is not so liable to break.

The cup, D, as well as the guide plate, C, may be made of cast-iron or any other suitable material, very light and neat, and if properly put on, my cups will never come off as long as the billiard table is used.

l/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with the cushion rail B, of the circular Ofuide plate C, pivoted cross arm E, and ibook (c) as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

J. Gr. KAPPNER.

IVitnesses WV. HAUPT, J. F. BUCKLEY. 

